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Thoughts of Japan born, US educated person about working in Japan

Working in Japan


Japanese Company’s Response to Information Security
My Australian friend once mentioned to me during his first visit to Japan that he noticed that eating is interacting in Japan. At many sushi place, you grinde your own wasabi. We mix chopped nori, ground ginger to our taste at the table when we eat cold soba noodle...
05 Jul, 2006 | No comments yet
How fast behaviors change: Effects of “information security” phobia
My Australian friend once mentioned to me during his first visit to Japan that he noticed that eating is interacting in Japan. At many sushi place, you grinde your own wasabi. We mix chopped nori, ground ginger to our taste at the table when we eat cold soba noodle...
11 Jun, 2006 | No comments yet
Expericence design circa 1925
The secret of all true persuasion is to induce the person to persuade himself. The chief task of the persuader, therefore is to induce the experience. The rest will take care of itself. Inclueincing Human Behavior, H.A...
09 Nov, 2005 | No comments yet
Social responsibility of creating a company
I ran into one of my favorite major company executive at a train station today. Our exchange was brief, but what he said blew my mind...
05 Jul, 2005 | 2 comments
A Break after an intense work week
View out of window at Natural Beat cafe in Hamamatsucho, Tokyo Inside the cafe Great to have a choice! ...
05 Feb, 2005 | No comments yet
Place full of fun distraction
Tokyo is full of fun and exciting distraction, cool stuff, fascinating stuff, all these things I can experience at the stores, and take the experience home with me should I choose to buy any little thing!! I think this is it...
23 Jan, 2005 | No comments yet
Old Model Communication
The old model communication I am talking about is people working across the border with the advantage of time difference, where some decision could be relayed just slow enough that the people at the other side of the border could not affect the decision made by your side...
07 Jan, 2005 | No comments yet
My Favorite Building Complex in Tokyo 2
My Australian friend once mentioned to me during his first visit to Japan that he noticed that eating is interacting in Japan. At many sushi place, you grinde your own wasabi. We mix chopped nori, ground ginger to our taste at the table when we eat cold soba noodle...
29 Sep, 2004 | No comments yet
My Favorite Building Complex in Tokyo
When I first visited one of my clients in Opera City building in Hatsudai, I did not like it. The building lobby area felt like maze. I have terrible sense of direction, and without good signage and clear visual indication for orienteering, I get lost easily...
21 Sep, 2004 | No comments yet
Sociological and psychological aspects of working independently in Japan
My Australian friend once mentioned to me during his first visit to Japan that he noticed that eating is interacting in Japan. At many sushi place, you grinde your own wasabi. We mix chopped nori, ground ginger to our taste at the table when we eat cold soba noodle...
30 Aug, 2004 | No comments yet


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